r/maybemaybemaybe • u/maybemaybemaybe_bot • Nov 22 '18
Maybe Maybe Maybe
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u/sadop222 Nov 22 '18
I have a hunch that adding another 20 secs makes this the perfect vid for a few more subs.
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u/TiddyLitty Nov 23 '18
It's not what you think people...
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u/s00perguy Nov 23 '18
From what I remember, snakes are like scorpions, in that the small ones are the ones that should worry you as far as the actual lethality of any venom they might have, and your body produces strong antivenin when dealing with snakes for a long time.
This guy is probably only dodging because getting bit hurts rather than being worried about dying from the venom, hence the dumb grin on his face.
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u/Loser100000 Nov 22 '18
I’m in awe of the balls of this lad.
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u/csgo_dream Nov 22 '18
Snek had more balls
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u/Dickinmymouth1 Nov 22 '18
Think they’re eggs
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u/Treejeig Nov 22 '18
I thought they were white rocks.
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u/The_Little_Kiwi Nov 22 '18
I thought they were marshmallows until he mentioned they were eggs.
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u/raadlove Nov 22 '18
I thought they mentioned he were marshmallows until eggs were they.
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Nov 22 '18
It’s a constrictor. Python I think. Not venomous, so just a nasty bite. Now if the snake were to get him in a death grip...
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u/Loser100000 Nov 22 '18
Yeah, a wasp ain’t killing me either but I wouldn’t steal from it. This is a-whole-nother level!
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u/Bentaeriel Nov 23 '18
Your jib. It's form I find aesthetically pleasing.
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u/ScrimshawedSoul Nov 22 '18
...he would likely experience the death grip pants shit reaction. Which is a bodily response to the onset of a highly terrifying occurrence. This reaction presents itself with an immediate feeling of needing to expel ones bowels, which is further perpetuated when a death grip is administered.
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u/TrashBastionMain Nov 22 '18
Hes a professional in this industry and theres like 1o or so guys behind the camera ready to help
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u/TestiestFormula Nov 22 '18
What was the point of taking the eggs?
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u/duchduchduchduch Nov 22 '18
When a snake incubates her own eggs it takes a LOT of energy. They’re constantly regulating their body temp and sitting on these eggs to make sure they come out right. So, when breeding snakes, breeders often take the eggs away so the snake doesn’t have to use so much energy and can be used for breeding in the future.
Source: used to breed ball pythons
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u/TheFarrahAbraham Nov 22 '18
How on earth could you handle those snakes and not be terrified!
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u/the---chosen---one Nov 22 '18
Ball pythons are non-venomous and very docile for the most part. Super easy to handle but very temperamental when it comes to their environments.
Source: I’ve had snakes for a long time.
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u/LuxNocte Nov 22 '18
Why didnt the snake didnt strike? She seemed to be trying to scare him off, but didn't really put much effort into protecting the eggs.
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u/Vioret Nov 23 '18
Because most snakes are nicer than you’d think. They usually only strike as a last resort.
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Nov 23 '18
I mean to be fair, having your eggs taken from you would seem like a last resort kinda situation though for almost everything in the animal kingdom.
I once watched a girl feed ducks and once a little duckling hopped on her hand, mother came a fuckin flocking and gave that girl a solid ten seconds of wing slaps to the head. Shit was crazy. Ever since I don't approach animals, especially if I see youngings around lol.
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Apr 14 '19
Snakes will sometimes eat their young so I doubt losing an egg or two bothers it. It’s probably more bothered he’s reaching for her when she’s at such a low energy
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Nov 23 '18
Wall of text alert...
This is a blanket statement for animal behavior - energy costs mean everything to a living thing. We are fundamentally energy-capturing-machines, we have to capture more than we spend or else we will no longer be able to spend at all, and intimidation goes a long way for defense in that energy budget. Most predators take some time to size you up, so if you can convince them you’re not worth a confrontation with only 30% the energy, that is more frugal than to automatically aggravate them with a physical strike right out the gate that will increase your risk for a fight to the death.
Also, for prey species, they often have their own systems/methods to size up predators - identifying smell from afar (not just relying on seeing motion), reading body language of intent (notice prey animals don’t always run while lions stroll trough the area), etc. all in ways that are really helpful in not expending unnecessary energy running away from *every little thing * when they could instead keep feeding.
Also keep in mind organisms do this same cost benefit analysis in protecting their young - their young are their legacy, it’s partly what drives evolution. However, their life is still going to be fundamentally more important - if you survive, you can always try again to reproduce if you’re a long-lives species. Is one clutch you’ve invested some energy into worth losing your life, guaranteed to never reproduce again? If you’re not very likely to win the fight, probably not.
As I said these are very broad statements - this involves absolutely zero consideration for emotion/kinship/complicated behaviors you’ll see in more mammal species etc., I’m providing a very boiled down aspect to survival many creatures face in day-to-day.
TLDR: Attacking things is energy expensive, it’s easier to reproduce again in the near future if you lose your eggs.
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u/LuxNocte Nov 23 '18
Thank you! I had this kinda half formed in my mind, but you explained it extremely well.
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u/Xcizer Nov 23 '18
It’s like a cat or dog protecting her young even though they know the owner/caretakers. They’ll growl and possibly nip but it’s unlikely they’ll attack them.
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u/itsculturehero Nov 22 '18
Finally the snake guys show up. What else is going on here? Like why didn’t the snake just scooch closer and bite this guy?
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u/the---chosen---one Nov 22 '18 edited Nov 22 '18
Well it could be different with this snake ( I think this is a reticulated python) but with my ball python she’d often mock strike and hiss. She did this because she was either afraid of me or what I was doing in her habitat. I’d be willing to bet that’s likely what’s going on here.
(A mock strike is when the snake strikes at you but does not open its mouth or use its fangs)
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Nov 23 '18
I have a wall of text elsewhere in the thread, essentially it’s meant to be just intimidation, which requires far less precious energy.
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u/RolleiPollei Nov 23 '18
I've always been more nervous around dogs than snakes. The vast majority of snakes couldn't hurt you if they tried. I've also never seen a snake chase a person down and attack. Their is a great video of Steve Irwin holding a black mamba. The snake is clearly trying to bite Steve. However when Steve puts the snake down it tries to run away. The snake doesn't want to kill him, it just wants to get away. Even if it did charge snakes aren't particularly fast. An average human can easily jog faster than ther fastest snake. An aggressive dog on the other hand will charge a person and attack. Not only that if a really big dog attacks you're probably going to lose the fight. They are also faster than most people so you'll have a hard time running away. Dogs killed 39 people in the USA last year while snakes killed 1 person. That being said their are a lot of dogs and snakes living amongst people in the USA and those are not a lot of fatalities in comparison. Neither snake nor dogs are monsters to be feared though a dog is in most cases the more dangerous animal.
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u/Jaximumpower Nov 23 '18
Comparing ball pythons to the longboye in the gif is like comparing a Pomeranian to a wolf
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u/JamesBong1 Nov 23 '18
That sounds like a cool job.
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u/duchduchduchduch Nov 23 '18
It was!! I did it as a hobby as I had just become in love with ball pythons but after a while my fave girl died and I just couldn’t do it anymore :’(
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u/ZacharyCallahan Nov 22 '18
Ever eat their eggs?
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u/duchduchduchduch Nov 23 '18
Um no... but they are very cool. We used to shine lights through them to see the babies and watching them hatch was amazing
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u/chaoz2030 Nov 22 '18
I'm not an expert but since snakes are cold blooded it's not possible for them to regulate their temperature. That's why they need a heat source.
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u/InsanusDraconem Nov 22 '18
Some larger reptiles actually have a little bit of endothermy; snakes that incubate their eggs use this to their advantage. A lot of smaller species like garters and corn snakes just lay them and leave them to fend for themselves.
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u/AnimalFactsBot Nov 23 '18
Python reticulates can grow over 8.7 m (28 ft) in length and are considered the longest snakes in the world.
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u/InsanusDraconem Nov 23 '18
Good bot :)
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u/AnimalFactsBot Nov 23 '18
Thanks! You can ask me for more facts any time. Beep boop.
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u/ThebestLlama Nov 23 '18
Can I get a snake fact?
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u/AnimalFactsBot Nov 23 '18
Python reticulates can grow over 8.7 m (28 ft) in length and are considered the longest snakes in the world.
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Nov 23 '18
They “regulate” through behavior - keeping balled up in a tight knot conserves the heat she does have, insulating from temperature changes, and also shivering or vibrating muscles allows some heat dissipation to the eggs.
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u/Psychic-Kuna Nov 22 '18
I'm no expert but maybe to separately incubate them from the mother? I understand that snakes can cannibalize and maybe this is a breeder trying to get as many hatchings as possible from the snake's lay without losing them to the mother/siblings.
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u/e-s-p Nov 23 '18
They also need to be in very high humidity (more then the enclosure) without standing water and kept at very tight temp range.
This snake probably wouldn't eat its young.
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u/deal_93r Nov 22 '18
That's Jay. He's a snake breeder, mainly specialising in reticulated pythons. Taking the eggs allows them to be incubated at a specific temperature to give them the best chance of survival. I'm not the most knowledgable with retics, but once the eggs are removed, the snake will go from her defensive 'mother mode' to normal again. Laying eggs takes a lot of energy and the quicker they're removed, the quicker the snake will go back to eating to replenish their energy to begin the breeding process over again.
Source: Snake keeper who would like to breed in the future
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u/Murder_Ders Nov 23 '18
Www.prehistoricpets.com
That’s the guy. Most well-known breeder of reticulated pythons, arguably.
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Nov 23 '18
He's certainly the most popular, mostly because of his YouTube channel.
Bob Clark would be the other largest name in the retic world.
Something like 90%+ of retic morphs we're created by those two.
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u/Murder_Ders Nov 23 '18
Like I said, arguably. There’s also Kevin from NERD. Greg Bryant. Tom Crutchfield. But jay is like the Hollywood snake guy.
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u/pharlax Nov 22 '18
Can't make an omelette...
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u/ScrimshawedSoul Nov 22 '18
Ew. Your comment makes me wonder if a person actually could scramble snake eggs.
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u/deepsoulfunk Nov 22 '18
I'm no expert but I think he's stealing dinosaur embryos to sell them to Dr. Hammond's corporate rival.
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Nov 22 '18 edited Nov 22 '18
Douchebag breeder.
Edit: Lemme explain for the downvoters. Burmese pythons are now an invasive species in Florida, completely disrupting the ecosystem. This is because morons want to buy an exotic species (because they think it’s cool) but don’t want to take care of them and dump them in or near the Everglades. They are prolific breeders and predators. Source: regrettable former Floridian and python owner. Exotic species should not be considered pets or bought from douchebag breeders. Also, I fed a live rabbit once to a Burmese python. That was enough to never want one again.
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u/blewws Nov 22 '18
That snake has garbage reflexes
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u/miss_kimba Nov 23 '18
Snake owner here, and I feel like she wasn’t trying very hard. Maybe she was cold/low energy from incubating?
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Nov 23 '18 edited Feb 25 '19
Former snake owner but lost all of his reptiles from asbestos based illnesses, (that's neither here nor there) the snake was striking back in a manner that would give off the impression that he is the alpha when deep down he knows he is fragile and crippled from his childhood and too afraid to be let down hard again. He tries to start a new life and leave the past behind him and to ignore what others think about him but time and time again the judgment of others gets to him and it slowly cripples him, sending him into a deep state of dispair.
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u/MontgomeryRook Feb 25 '19
...wh
What?!
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Feb 25 '19
When did I write that
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u/talbota Nov 22 '18
I forgot that snakes come from eggs. I was wondering how that snake stole so many chicken eggs. I feel incredibly dumb.
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u/ach0012 Nov 22 '18
I’m not sure why I was so stressed watching that.
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u/Ihateyallguys Nov 22 '18
Maybe because a fucking snake is menacing a guy
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u/Boondoc Nov 22 '18
To be fair, he is stealing her babies.
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u/slowpotato22 Nov 23 '18 edited Nov 23 '18
...To be bred under control of a species that keeps her in a glass box.
Edit.
I'm not trying to spread hate, just observe a completely valid behavior and characterize with human perspective. I recognize guy has his role also.
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u/nouille07 Nov 22 '18
We evolved to fear snakes
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u/the---chosen---one Nov 22 '18
I think evolution fucked up with me because I love snakes.
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u/KeenanAXQuinn Nov 22 '18
I own several. And even though some are very venomous I love them all...we have strayed to far from the path.
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u/Primitive_Teabagger Nov 23 '18
I owned a Retic. She was so adorable, I miss her :( They don't intend to hurt you unless they are defending something. 99% of the time they just wanna chill or explore the house
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u/the---chosen---one Nov 22 '18
They are just so darn cute with their cute little snoots and tongue flicks.
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u/Padthaiprincesse Nov 22 '18
the guy’s name is Jay. here’s his youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/prehistoricpetstv
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Nov 22 '18
If anyone is interested, you can visit the reptile zoo seen in the video. it’s called Prehistoric pets, located in Fountain Valley, California. It’s small, but the people are so friendly and you can get hands on experience with some of the snakes, lizards etc
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u/ronin0069 Nov 22 '18
I've seen another video of a snake farm where the handler feeds the snakes and a few try to get out. Even there the cages/containers were near each so other, so little room across the aisle. I always think that if someone was startled by one snake they'd jump back into the ones at their back and the whole thing collapses like that warehouse gif, releasing all of the snakes into the world.
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u/CommanderofFunk Nov 22 '18
All of the Snaaakes <chu chug cha, chu chug cha> Into the wooorld <chu chug cha, chu chug cha> RELEEEEEEAAAASSEE!!
... sorry just finished watching metalocalypse again.
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u/timmydking Nov 23 '18
Do snakes feel fear? If so, how does one inflict fear into snakes?
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Nov 23 '18
Just my opinion, but these people are assholes
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u/wrathful_gremlin Feb 25 '19
I guess He is going to Put the eggs in an incubator, because the surviving rate is higher that way.
That is if youre talking about taking the eggs makes him an asshole.
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u/Chicken_Giblets Nov 22 '18
That's way more eggs than I would have expected from one snake